Researchers still do not have a comprehensive picture of the factors that influence gene expression in human cancers. Understanding gene expression in cancer is important because it can reveal how the ...

Changes in DNA sequence can trigger the chromosomes to misfold in a way that puts one at a heightened risk for Type 1 diabetes. The study revealed that differences in DNA sequences dramatically ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a novel liquid biopsy approach to identify early-stage ...

Alexandria, VA-- Genetic variations in an individual's ability to repair DNA damage may help predict survival in lung cancer patients treated with the common chemotherapy drugs cisplatin or ...

An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using complete sequences from 65 individuals across diverse ancestries. This milestone ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Characterization, or ''typing," of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for purposes of ...

Using single-cell epigenomic profiling of immune cells from 110 individuals, researchers show that genetic variation and ...